Broom-hanger.



A. J. MAGKEY.

BROOM HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED 8EPT.12,1910.

' Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

Wlnver Attorneys- W' esses PATENT @FFTCZE.

ANDREW J. MACKEY, OF TELFORD, TENNESSEE.

BROOM-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

Application filed September 12, 1910. Serial No. 581,542.

To all whom it may concern: 3

Be it known that I, A; nnnw J MAo'KnY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Telford, in the county of lVashington and State ofTennessee, have invented a new and useful Broom-Hanger, of which thefollowing is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a broom hanger which maybe fashioned at a trifling cost from a single strip of material, theconstruction being such that three separate places of contact betweenthe hanger and the broom handle may be provided, whereby the broomhandle will be held securely in place, and out of contact with anystructure saving the broom hanger itself.

A further object of the invention is to provide a broom hanger whichwill act yieldingly to hold a broom handle in place within the contourof the hanger, the hanger being so constructed that it may be adjustedto accommodate different sizes of broom handles.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2 is a top plan;and, Fig. 3 is an end elevation.

The broom hanger forming the subject matter of this application, ispreferably fashioned from a single strip of resilient material,comprising a substantially straight portion 1, bent upon itself to formeyes 2 adapted to receive securing means, the ends of the strip beingbent to form two parallel coils 3, spaced apart and disposedsubstantially at right angles to the said straight portion 1, the ends tof the coils 3 being extended in opposite directions, and in closeparallel relation, as denoted by the numeral 5, the extremities of theends 4 terminating in eyes 6 adapted to receive securing means.

It is to be noted that the coils 3 are spaced apart from the planedefined by the substantially straight portion 1 and by the parallel ends4:. By this construction, when a broom handle is inserted between thecoils 3, the said coils will act yieldingly, to press the broom handleagainst the portions 1 and 1. Thus the broom handle will be heldsecurely between the coils 3 and the portions 1 and at, the broom beingin contact with the broom hanger solely, and out of contact with anysupport on which the broom hanger may be mounted. If desired, the broomhanger may be mounted directly upon the wall of a building; or ifdesired, a base 7 may be provided. Into this base 7 or to any othersupport which may be selected, screws 8 or other securing elements ofany sort may be inserted, the securing elements being inserted throughthe several eyes 2 and 6. The parallel ends t of the coils 3 may bestraddled by staples 9, inserted into the base 7 or into any othersupport on which the hanger may be mounted. These staples 9 should bespaced apart at a sufficient distance so that they will not come intocontact with the handle of the broom.

It is to be noted that the several eyes 2 and 6 are located beyond thecoils 3, and thus a vided.

It is to be noticed that the device is fashioned from yieldable,resilient material. Therefore, the device may be adapted to accommodatebroom handles of different diameters, by removing the securing elements8 which are mounted in the eyes 6, and by loosening the staples 9, thecoils 3 being advanced transversely toward, or moved transversely fromeach other to the desired degree, whereupon the staples 9 may betightened, the securing elements 8 being likewise seated again in place,in the eyes 6 in which they are mounted.

By reason of the fact that the handle of the broom is held out ofcontact with the base 7, or with any other support upon which the deviceis mounted, the broom handle is held in contact with the portions 1 and4, and does not touch the base 7, thus, the base 7 is prevented frombeing worn smooth by the broom handle, a contingency tending to renderthe holding efiect of the coils 3, materially less, and often renderingthem totally inefiicient to retain the broom handle in place.

Obviously the broom handle may be inserted between the coils with thehead of the broom disposed either upwardly or downwardly; and suitableopenings 10 may be made in the base 7 whereby the same may be mountedupon a fixed support.

Having thus described the invention, is claimed is A broom hangerfashioned from a single strip of resilient-material and comprising asubstantially straight portion bent upon itself to form eyes to receivesecuring means, the ends of the strip being bent to form two arallelcoils, spaced apart and disposed substantially at right angles to saidstraight portion, the ends of the coils being extended what broadsupporting base for the coils is prov in opposite directions in close,parallel relation, and adapted to be straddled by spaced staples, theextremities of the parallel portions terminating in eyes to receivesecuring means; the eyes being located beyond the coils thereby toprovide a relatively broad base for the support of the coils; the coilsbeing spaced from the plane defined by the substantially straightport-ion and the paral- 10 lel portions, whereby the coils may operateto bind a broom handle yieldingly between themselves and said portions.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ANDREV J. NIACKEY. itnesses R. L. PATTON,

R. B. CRAIGMILES.

